Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Established in Franklin, Kentucky in the United States, LioChem e-Materials is Toyo Ink SC Holdings’ second production base for conductive CNT dispersions in North America. The Toyo Ink Group has a proven track record in the fast-growing global battery materials sector. in Georgia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Aleris will invest $350 million to upgrade capabilities at its aluminum rolling mill in Lewisport, Kentucky. We are excited to bring these capabilities to our Lewisport, Kentucky facility to serve automotive customers in North America as they shift toward significantly greater aluminum use.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

US-based graphite processor Urbix ( earlier post ) announced a Joint Development Agreement with global EV battery developer and manufacturer SK On (SKO). For SKO, this agreement reinforces a local supply chain for battery anode materials in the US, helping customers take advantage of the provisions of the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

The new 30 GWh battery plant builds on AESC’s existing battery manufacturing network that includes a plant in operation in Tennessee and another plant under construction in Kentucky. Under the agreement, AESC will supply battery cells for next-generation electric vehicle models produced at BMW’s Spartanburg plant.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At launch, Einride will implement electric transportation solutions at three of GEA’s locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Einride also recently announced a partnership with Bridgestone aimed at co-creating innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for electrified and autonomous Class 8 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Battery capacity is currently growing at twice the speed of lithium raw material supply.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

—the regional headquarters for the Americas within the global operations of Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.—is —is supplying the 144V lithium-ion battery pack for the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid sport utility vehicle now on sale in North America. It has since supplied the market with more than 4.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2022

4 is Volkswagen Group’s most popular all-electric model, with 190,000 units delivered to customers globally since its launch in 2021. The factory in Tennessee is now the sixth global site to produce vehicles for Volkswagen’s electric line-up. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. CATL continues to ramp the output of EV battery cells as the demand for EVs globally continues to increase.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Nikkei Asia noted on Tuesday that Toyota would start producing electric vehicles in Kentucky as early as 2025. Toyota’s EV production at its Kentucky plant is expected to work alongside the automaker’s battery plant, which is slated to start operations in North Carolina around 2025. million all-electric cars worldwide in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Toyota revealed it would launch a new three-row electric SUV in the US last May as part of ten new EVs set to roll out globally. However, that electric SUV will be built at its Kentucky plant, set for production next year. The batteries will be supplied from its new EV battery plant in North Carolina, slated to go online in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

Toyota’s Kentucky vehicle plant, the company’s largest globally, will begin production of the Lexus ES 300 Hybrid in May 2019 with annual capacity of 12,000 units while RAV4 Hybrid production will start January 2020 with an annual capacity of 100,000 units. facility, the largest hiring need in the plant’s history.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

We’re just starting to write a new chapter for Volkswagen in America, and it is very much an American story,” Thomas Schäfer, Chairman of the global Volkswagen brand, said. market and globally.”. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia,” VW said. 4, at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

For comparison, Toyota’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky built 8,427 cars per week, BMW’s facility in South Carolina managed 8,343 units per week, and Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan hub managed just 5,564 vehicles weekly. 2020 and 2021 were arguably the darkest years of the global automotive market in recent memory.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Let’s look at the advancements in battery cost reduction, navigate through supply chain complexities, and explore the promising prospects ahead for the EV market. The Global Impact of Battery Cost Reduction The global significance of this cost reduction cannot be overstated.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The cells produced at the plant will supply Stellantis assembly plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to produce electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Along with SK Innovation, the legacy automaker plans to invest in three battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Ford plans to invest $11.4

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas—the regional headquarters for the Americas within the global operations of Hitachi Automotive Systems—is supplying lithium-ion battery packs for the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid sport utility vehicle now on sale in North America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Toyota is embarking on a multi-year plan to realign its manufacturing operations in North America in support of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) ( earlier post ), a comprehensive approach to achieving sustainable growth by making ever-better vehicles more efficiently. TMMK) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Constellium SE will supply aluminum structural components for the recently introduced all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning that is expected to be available Spring 2022. Constellium-supplied structural components for the F-150 Lightning include the windshield header, rocker, radiator support, and others.

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Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2023

“We do greater than manufacture electrical automobiles; we supply the fabrics, put together the automobiles and recycle them with sustainability on the core of every procedure. “We 4 timber had been planted — together with a Kentucky espresso tree, known as a species beneath ultimatum in Canada — to make stronger biodiversity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

The announcement was made during the Clinton Global Initiative ’s (CGI) fifth annual meeting in New York City. Currently, the only near-term options for available PEV supply are sedans, minivans, vans and a few bucket trucks. FPL Group, Inc. Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy. Lew Hay, FPL Group chairman and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 1, 2023

Q&A with Jon Jacobs of Westwater Resources Everyone in the EV industry is talking about the IRA and the BIL, two sets of federal regulations that include strong incentives for automakers to establish domestic supply chains for EV raw materials and components. Charged : Graphite’s a hot property these days. Tell us about Westwater’s plans.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

But under Friday’s regulations, companies have until 2027 to comply, allowing automakers and supply companies to get more serious about how they track their supply chains between now and then. 2025 Polestar 3 Any easier for China to get in on EVs or supply chain?

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world , the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Ford said the strike at the Kentucky plant is harming tens of thousands of Americans who work for parts suppliers and Ford dealers. Due to heavy investment costs, Ford’s all-electric arm lost $2.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

Novelis’ investment in China is its second automotive investment this year, having recently announced a $300-million greenfield manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky, USA. As the single largest producer of aluminum rolled products, it generates an estimated 12% of the world’s supply. Novelis Changzhou Automotive Facility.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Kentucky, where the vehicle will be test driven and evaluated by industry representatives. Earlier this month, Green Star Products along with its International Consortium partner Global Green Cars had publicly tested its full electric vehicle version at tracks in Utah and Kentucky.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

U of Kentucky). The team will genetically engineer the microorganism to demonstrate that they can efficiently reduce ammonia that can be generated electrochemically from nitrite, or supplied from waste water streams, to fix carbon dioxide. GE Global Research Center. (GE of Kentucky-Center for Applied Energy Research.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Clermont, Kentucky). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Particle Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Exchanger for Carbon-Free Industry Heat Supply, $249,500. Utility Global (Houston, Texas). FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

By some estimates, upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition. By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition.

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